Slow Burn: a Colorado High Country Novel
“Late afternoon sunshine spilled through homemade drapes adorned with images of balls—baseballs, footballs, soccer balls, basketballs. Posters of pickups and cars competed for wall space with posters of rock bands—Led Zeppelin, Boston, Journey, Metallica, U2.
Where was she exactly?
Eric’s bedroom.
Not his real bedroom, but the bedroom he’d had as a kid.
She’d had altitude sickness, and he’d brought her to his mother’s house, given her ibuprofen, taken her pulse, made her drink a ...lot of water, then told her to rest.
It had worked.
She sat up, both relieved and amazed to discover that her headache was gone. Then again, she was close to a mile lower in elevation than she’d been when Eric had carried her back to his truck.
Oh, God!
She’d been carried by a firefighter.
And, of course, she’d been in too much pain even to think of taking a selfie.MoreLess
Where was she exactly?
Eric’s bedroom.
Not his real bedroom, but the bedroom he’d had as a kid.
She’d had altitude sickness, and he’d brought her to his mother’s house, given her ibuprofen, taken her pulse, made her drink a ...lot of water, then told her to rest.
It had worked.
She sat up, both relieved and amazed to discover that her headache was gone. Then again, she was close to a mile lower in elevation than she’d been when Eric had carried her back to his truck.
Oh, God!
She’d been carried by a firefighter.
And, of course, she’d been in too much pain even to think of taking a selfie.MoreLess
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